What You Can See on an Ordinary Week-end

Saturday March 14 & Sunday March 15, 2015
O’Leno State Park
High Springs, Florida

 

 

SATURDAY March 14

 

Today is the Classic Car Cruise at Quail Run.  Cars all along the streets and a community yard sale and raffle.
David is pretty happy that it just so happens we are here for this week-end.  Never too many classic cars for him.  I give him the camera and a while at the show by himself so he won’t feel pressured by my presence and probable impatience.  When I join him, I think that like the smaller show at Collier-Seminole, there are too many hot rods. Not enough restored originals.  But for those I find, I love the details. Even in the one hotrod on my list.  Here are some favorites.  His and Hers.

 

 

 

HIS

The first car on the left was one we recognize from the show at Collier-Seminole.  But the others are new to us.

 

 

 

The red 57 T-Bird is David’s pick for show winner.   It’s the one he’d drive away in if he could.

 

 

 

 

Anybody else out there who had a bread and pastry delivery man in their childhood?  This Crosley reminded me of that.

 

 

 

 

Not sure what category this is in.  I think it just drove through since by the time I came to join David, it was gone.

 

 

Looks like a 30’s bootlegger hotrod equipped for delivery or just in case you get thirsty.

 

 

HERS

 

 

 

I do love old Pickups.  Great place for a spare.

 

 

 

I don’t’ really like antique cars turned into hotrods but the blue streaks remind me of Kenickie’s car in Grease and besides, I love the passengers in the back.  David says he thinks it’s a pretty hot car for the mouses.

 

 

 

This is my award of the show car.  I’d  give this one the top prize and hop in this and drive away in a heart beat.

 

 

That’s the original tire on the running board.  Really nice job of restoration with newer tires.

 

 

At first I thought the foot rest was a great idea until I realized the back seat was so deep there is no way my feet could reach it.  The picture doesn’t give a clear indication of the good three foot depth of the seat.  Great for Wilt Chamberlin or anyone else with a thigh that long.

 

 

These folks did hop in their cars and head out as we were leaving.  I promise no more car show pictures even if there is one that follows David home again.

 

 

We spend the evening eating popcorn and watching the ACC Season Champions Virginia Cavaliers lose in the ACC Tournament Semi-finals to the UNC Tarheels.  Then we watch the Duke Blue Devils lose to Notre Dame a school that IMO shouldn’t even be in the ATLANTIC COAST conference. I mean really, Indiana on the Atlantic Coast?  Sort of like Louisville.   It’s all about TV money and the ND fans are the losers having to travel so far away for road games and tournaments if they want to support their team. There were very few fans in the stands but they won anyway.   I’m really fed up with everything being all about money.  What was it the best selling book of all time in this country said about that?  “For the love of money is the root of all evil…”.   I could not agree more!  There are lots of quotes from the Bible going around to justify all sorts of things but it seems few pay an attention to these words about their focus on money.   

It will be UNC and Notre Dame for the conference title.

 

 

SUNDAY March 15

Today is our last day at Quail Run.  We’ll be leaving after David’s appointment tomorrow.  Or at least that’s the plan at this minute.  I head over to Whole Foods to do some grocery shopping.  Since I pass right by a Target and a Walmart, I stop in to look at runner rugs and again find nothing like what I’m looking for.  I just am at a loss where to go to get three 21” by 60” runners and a 3’x5’ throw rug for the entry.

We take a last walk around the park taking some pictures of what we find unique.

 

Like this cool bike cover although at 79 lbs and $400 it isn’t in our future.

 

 

One of our neighbors has this classic Rolls that David always remarks about every time we walk by.  Even the large flatbed trailer and its tires that they tow the car on is a “rolls”.  HA!

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever seen a dual hose for the two bathroom coach??  I zoom in to see the funnel we assume is there but I’m not sure what’s going on.

 

 

 

These are all in the new area with the premium sites.  It’s clear where the older part of the park where we stayed last time begins.  The beautiful Live Oaks give it away.

 

 

 

 

On the main corner where you turn to go into the premium area is the street sign for Pace Arrow to the left into the older area and Hurricane to the right into the new area.  But I love the Heron Crossing sign although I’ve never seen a heron crossing here.  We did see a sand hill crane walking down the street a bit later.   I love the tree shaded streets in the park’s older section.

 

 

 

There are some park models at Quail Run and quite a few “permanent” looking set ups although most of these are quite nice and may be folks from the North who just rent year round here because it is less expensive than driving back and forth.  This is the most elaborate of several decks outside of 5th wheels.

 

It actually looked like all of these satellite dishes might be going to one coach.  That can’t be true can it?

 

 

One of the neighbors takes  a stroll across a main intersection in front of the Quails Nest game building.   Guess he thinks he might need to walk down the sidewalk now that he’s crossed the street.  Just too much fun!!

 

 

 

 

Since we are in front of Quail’s Nest and it is Mexican Train night, we stop in to see who is here this week. There are two tables.  One is playing regular Mexican Train and the other a variation entitled Chicken Foot.

 

Regular Mexican Train

Chicken Foot played with the lazy man’s dominoes.  See the chicken feet?

 

Quails Nest also has 3 electronic dart boards, a ping pong table and 2 pool tables.  No one was using those this evening but they look very nice as does the puzzle table where one finished puzzle and one in progress are resting.

 

 

 

And to end the evening, the Irish beat the Tar Heels for the ACC Championship.  They can carry their ATLANTIC COAST conference title back to inland and Great Lake shore Indiana.   The conference that once was 8 schools on the ATLANTIC COAST from Maryland to Georgia is now 15 schools with no geographic connection whatever.

Tomorrow, if we can, we’ll be leaving for O’Leno State Park in High Springs, Florida.   If you have suggestions of things to do in the area, let us know!  We hope to be hiking and kayaking if the weather will cooperate.